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Joint Symposium "Regional Biological Resources in Tropical Africa"

Sat, December 23, 2017

We will hold a symposium "Regional Biological Resources in Tropical Africa" on Decemer 23, 2017. The symposium is jointly sponsored by International Environmental and Agricultural Science (IEAS), Graduate School of Agriculture of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) and ASC - TUFS.

Dr. Denis Jean Sonwa, a visiting professor of ASC - TUFS, Dr. Makiko Sakai, an associate professor of ASC - TUFS, and Dr. Takanori Oishi, a lecturer of ASC - TUFS will give a presentation, too.

Admission is free, and no pre-registration is needed. We look forward to your participation.

◆Date & Time: Saturday, December 23, 2017 1:15 PM - 4:00 PM

◆Venue: 2-22, Bulding 2, Fuchu Campus, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT)

◆Program:
Opening: Dr. Masaaki YAMADA (Head of IEAS, TUAT), Dr. Yoshiharu FUJII (IEAS, TUAT), Dr. Takanori OISHI (ASC - TUFS)
Presentation:
1) Dr. Denis SONWA (CIFOR / IITA / ASC - TUFS)
"Agroforestry in Cameroon"
2) Dr. Takanori OISHI(ASC - TUFS)
"Tobacco, Smoking Wild Plants and Alcohol: Evolutionary Cultural Anthropology of "shikohin" in Central African forests"
3) Dr. Yoshiharu FUJII (IEAS, TUAT)
"Ethnobotanical and Allelopathic Survey of African Plants"
4) Dr. Makiko SAKAI(ASC - TUFS)
"A Study of Local Periodic Market System in West Cameroon - Women Vendors' Network for Vegetable Marketing -"
5) Dr. Laurence Mona Ndam (TUAT)
"Medicinal Plants of the Cameroonian Pharmacopoeia: Biological Activity Versus Phytomedicinal Survey and Chemosystematics"
Closing Remarks: Dr. Shin'ichi TAKEUCHI (ASC - TUFS)

◆Language: English

◆Admission: Free

◆No pre-registration is needed.

◆Jointly sponsored by International Environmental and Agricultural Science (IEAS), Graduate School of Agriculture of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) and ASC - TUFS.

◆Contact: Dr. Takanori Oishi (ASC - TUFS) 042-330-5745

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